A intriguing and brilliant film

Rating: 8/10 (2 August 2003)

This turned out to be the best film about zombies taking over since Dawn of the Dead. Though I expected it to be a cheesy flick filled with cheap pops and marginally scary events iced with an obvious romance, however it spoke a much deeper meaning to myself, filled with lessons about humanity and the basic instinct. The film's directing was simply brilliantly done, with a soundtrack complimenting the films mood perfectly. I found the characters to be compelling in their own desperate motif. The virus infecting everyone said a lot about the mob mentality and the clearly spoken arguments of how man has always killed man and that the events in the movie have nothing different then was already present in the world. I felt that if the film had continued without them reaching the source of radio broadcast, the film could have gone in a much better direction. A story of them trying to reach the broadcast like some kind of road to salvation could have been a slightly more suspenseful story. The alternate ending was actually disapointing and I was glad that they used the other ending with a more 'happier' ending. I felt that this was not one of those films where the protagonist should die. I'm not sure if birds have a symbolism, but I must have counted like 100 of them in various shots.
I thought that this was going to be Britain's answer to Resident Evil, but this was actually much better. 8/10.
p.s. This film lost one point because you can actually see a guy walking up the street when Jim is traveling through the 'deserted' London. Come on assistant directors and editors, get your stuff together!